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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What isn't often discussed, but should be is that if you can fully pay for university and don't need any financial aid, you get an edge up in admissions. Most kids at a Big 3 have parents who can fully pay AND are willing to fully pay for private college. All thing being equal if you have two kids with similar stats, the full pay kid is going to be admitted.

It really is affirmative action for rich people. Most people have to fully pay. Our HHI is around $175,000. We can't pay for a Big 3 or private university. [/quote]

Your post asserts that college is a right. And that expensive colleges are a right as well.[/quote]
I think the inference is actually that college admission should be a merit based, and coming from a wealthy family is not a merit-based criterion. [/quote]

I’m serious here: why should a private college education be merit based?  There are very, very few experiences or goods in our society that are merit based.   Colleges admit students according to what the college needs, not out of the goodness of their hearts. And they  need plenty of full pay students.  I don’t think that anyone is entitled to a private college education, and there’s no particular reason why admission to private colleges should be entirely merit based.  You could argue that it is in colleges’ best interests to be that way, but that’s not what you’re arguing, is it?

For context: our family makes $150,000 a year, so private college will be a significant financial burden. I’m OK with that. I understand that not everybody can afford everything. [/quote]

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